Name: Beaver-born Donald “Gene” McCauley dies, 2007
Start: 2007-08-22
End: 2007-08-22
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver-born Donald “Gene” McCauley dies, 2007

Also Donald Eugene Gene McCauley death 2007 · Beaver Island born McCauley obituary 2007

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TypeEvent

Date2007-08-22

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2007-08-22
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilymilitarymaritimeheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Donald “Gene” McCauley, born on Beaver Island in 1927, died in Traverse City on August 22, 2007, at age 80. The reproduced obituary remembered his Navy service, pressroom career, family, and Beaver Island origin.

Evidence limits

The local source reproduces a newspaper obituary. It does not establish a civil death record or a complete Beaver Island residence and family history.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Donald \"Gene\" McCauley," August 26, 2007.
The forum reproduced a Record-Eagle obituary identifying McCauley as born on Beaver Island, a World War II Navy veteran, and a longtime pressman. It is reproduced newspaper material, not an independent civil or family record.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000963

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver-born Donald “Gene” McCauley dies, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-donald-gene-mccauley-death-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Donald \"Gene\" McCauley," August 26, 2007..

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